Sorry about another delay between posts, but while we were out of town we picked up some major bugs. Before mine hit full on, though, I did make these cookies from my newly arrived Martha Stewart’s Cookies. They are solidly good–maybe not amazing, but nice for a change of pace. So hopefully they will tide you over until I feel well enough to cook and type…
Citrus Cornmeal Shortbread
Adapted from Martha Stewart’s Cookies
Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp.
¾ cup confectioners’ sugar
2 t vanilla extract
1 ½ t orange zest OR ¼ t orange oil
2 cups AP flour (252 g)
¼ cup plus 2 T cornmeal (separated)
1 t coarse sea salt
Cream butter with sugar for 2 minutes on medium speed. Add the zest or oil and vanilla and further blend. Add the flour, 2 tablespoons cornmeal and salt and mix on low speed for 3 minutes, until well combined. You may need to stop the mixer and scrape down the sides a few times. Halve the dough and shape each half into a log. Wrap with plastic wrap and chill in the freezer for 30 minutes (or the fridge for 1 hour).
Preheat the oven to 300 F. Place the remaining ¼ cup of cornmeal onto a wide plate or parchment paper. Unwrap the dough and roll it in the cornmeal to coat the sides. Slice the roll into ¼ inch thick rounds and space them one inch apart on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake until pale golden, 30-35 minutes. If you use 2 sheets, be sure to rotate front to back and top to bottom halfway through the baking. Cool on the baking sheet on a cooling rack.
Hope you’re feeling better soon, Laura! My husband and I always take a week of echinacea and extra vitamin c before we visit my family for fall/winter/early spring holidays… 😉
~Vicci
I love cookies with cornmeal in them! I’m struggling with the decision on whether or not to get this cookbook!! What do you think… must have, or not?
Thanks Vicci. 🙂
recipegirl:I think it is a must have, but I collect cookie cookbooks, so… I might be a tad excessive. 🙂 Stay tuned to the review thread on the clbb to see what other goodies are in the book.
I’m with recipegirl … I haven’t decided whether or not to buy that book. I’ll keep an eye out on what people are saying about it.
I’m not sure I’ve ever made a recipe with cornmeal.